According to the court, New Year’s Eve should also have been a festive occasion for the patrolling officers, but they ended up in the emergency room of the hospital. Police officers are there to protect society and not to be attacked, the judges say: “Violence is never the solution, even if, in his eyes, the father wanted to ‘protect’ his son from the police.” He was sentenced to one year in prison, of which six months probation with a probation period of 2 years.
Prison and community service for father and sons who assaulted officers during New Year’s Eve in Breukelen
